The Associated Press has reported that the Library of Congress is honoring Billy Joel with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Joel is the sixth top-selling artist of all time with a career spanning 50 years. The Gershwin Prize honors a living artist’s lifetime achievement in music. There’s quite a line-up recipients include Paul Simon, […]

The Irish Data Protection commissioner has ordered the closing of civil records search because of fear that it exposes too much information” “The front of the Irish Genealogy website on Monday morning. Photograph: Irish Genealogy/Screenshot The Irish government closed part of its genealogy website on Friday, after the country’s data protection commissioner warned that potentially […]